256MB is only half the video RAM of what the game specs recommend.That means the computer may be using system RAM to supplement the video RAM -- and you only have 2046 MB of that -- 2GB where the game's specs at ***Adventure Shop*** ask for 2.5 GB

Of course you're using XP instead of Vista, 7, or 8 so you may not need a full 2.5 GB of RAM for the game in XP.

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In the game settings it has:

Graphic Settings:

Fullscreen mode

Window size: 1920X1080

HD Cutscenes

Additional Effects:

High>MED>LOW

Are you able to reduce the windows size, set "Additional Effects" to LOW, and put Cutscenes on less than HD? If so, does it help at all? Maybe one or more of those changes would help with the slow loading and "sticky" mouse.

I suspect hubby's computer had integrated graphics on the processor which are utterly useless for gaming. Like Jenny says, it had nothing to do with Windows 7 or even XP... it's all about the graphics requirements of the game.